Electrolytic apparatus for preparing hypochlorite solutions



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D. MCG. ROGERS AND At T. MASTEAMAN.

ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR PREPARING HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS. I

APPLICATION FILED Nov1 10AI 1921.

1) Patented Mar. 14, 1922,

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D. MCG. ROGERS ANDA. T. MASTEHMAN. AELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR PREPARING HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS. APPLICATION FILED Nov. so. 192I.

1,409,782. Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID MCGREGOR- ROGERS AND ARTHUR THOMAS MASTERMAN, OF LONDON,

' ENGLAND.

LECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR 'PREPARING HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS.

i ,scarsa Application filed November 30, 1921,

T 0 @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, Devin MoGnneon Roenes and ARTHUR THOMAS MASTERMAN, both citizens of the United4 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and residents of 125, Bunhill Ixow, London, E. C. l, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrolytic Apparatus for Preparing Hypochlorite Solutions, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to electrolytic. apparatus for preparing hypcchlorite solutions for bleaching, disinfecting and analogous purposes andof that kind in which a frame carrying electrode is placed in a brine bath andthe brine liquid is circulated by the hydrogen chlorine rising between the electrodes.

According` to the invention the said frame, which is wholly, or in suflicient part, made of non-conducting material has the electrodes arrangedV within it and is adapted to Y stand in a bath or tank or to be suitably suspended therein, said frame being open at the bottom and on two sides opposite the edges of t-he electrodesy the said electrodes being electrically connected above the top of the frame and in suoli a manner that Vthe electrical connections can be reversed so that the flow or passage of the electric current will be alternated as the reversal is made thereby any deposit on the electrodes made by the flow in one direction will be entirely displaced and precipitated when the reversal is made and a like result cbtained by both directions.

The connecting or bus bars are preferably two plain straight bars passing across the tops of the electrodes and suitably connected to their respective electrodes through lead lugs each of which has a recess or is stepped so as to be out of contact with the bar with which it should not be connected.

The electrodes are preferably arranged in pairs of a like pole except that the endmost electrodes must be single. A perforated plate of non-conducting material is positioned between the adjacent positive and negative faces the edges of the electrodes and of the said perforated plates being aI sufficiently close it to the insides of the frame to prevent flow of liquid. round the edges and loss of the current.

Specification of lLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

serial No. 518,984.

An example of the invention is shown in the laccompanying drawings in which Fig. l is a perspective view of a frame fitted with electrodes and connecting bars.

l? ig. 2 shows the same in side elevation and Fig. 3 is also a side elevation but with part removed and part broken away. Fig. 4l illustrates the apparatus in use. In this example the frame a is made of rulcanite or other suitable material and open underneath and on two opposite sides soy that when the frame is placed in a bath liquid can circulate as shown by the arrows, that is into the frame at the bottom and out at both sides.

The f 'ame is constructed with a ledge or shelf Z) on eac-h side to direct the iiuid outwardly and these two ledges have removable covers c. In use, the frame is placed in liquid the level of which is approximately that of the lower part of the cover c so that the opening Z between the shelf and the cover is submerged, said opening extending the full width of the frame, as shown.

In this example eight electrodes are shown, those lettered g being of one pole and those'lettered It of the other pole. It will be observed that the electrodes g are connected to the bar e' and electrodes L- are connected tO the bar j.

It will be observed that the electrodes g pass under the bar j but that they are stepped or 'cut away so as not to make contact therewith and simultaneously the electrodes 7a, are cut away so as not to make contact with the bar Inl Figs. 2 and 3 in the latter of which the cover c has been removed, perforated partitions are shown between the positive and negative electrodes and non-conducting packing or distance pieces are shown at Z and at m.

Electric connections are made at and and are interchangeable.

In Fig. 4 the frame L is seen standing in a tank n in which are cooling coils 0, 0. The arrows denote the flow of the liquid.

Of course it is to be understood that the indicated circulation of the liquid is due to the upward current of hydrogen and chlorine vases liberated in rapid bubbles between the plates.

What we claim is- 1. Apparatus for preparing hypochlorite solutions comprising a tank., a plurality lof electrodes, perforated platesbetween thev electro-des, a frame around the electrodes said Vframe having an open bottom and a side opening near .the top of the frame.

2. Apparatus for preparing hypoclilorite solutions comprising a tank, a plurality of electrodes, perforated plates between the electrodes, a frame around the electrodes said frame having an open bottom and open-V ings on opposite sides near the top of the frame, said side openings extending throughout the full widths of the sides as ay said perforated plates exten-ding from the lower ends of the electrodes to a plane in line with the upper edges of the side openings. Y

4l. An apparatus for preparing .hypochlorite solutions, a frame having imperforate ends and side walls and fully open at the bottom, each side wall being formed with an opening near the upper end thereof and extending throughout the full width of said wall, a plurality of electrodes arranged within the frame, and perforated plates between the electrodes.

5. VAn apparatus for preparing` hypochlorite solutions, a frame having imperforate ends and side walls and fully open at the bottom, each side wall being formed with an openingV near theupper end thereof and extending throughout the full width of said wall, a plurality of electrodes arranged within the frame and extending vfrom a point above the bottom of the frame to and beyond the upper end'thereof, and perforated plates between the electrodes.

6. Apparatus for preparing hypoehlorite solutions comprising aV tank, a plurality of fiat electrodes inthe tank and arranged ni larity, a framefaround the electrodes, bars resting on the frame and mechanically and electrically connecting electrodes of like polai-ity to each other, an opening in 'the bot-V tom of the frame and openings in the side of the frame. Y

7.' Apparatus for preparing hypochlorite solutions comprising a tank, a plurality of flat electrodes in the tank and arranged in parallel relationvto eachother, perforated plates between electrodes of different polarity, a frame around the electrodes, bars resting on the frame and mechanically and electrically connecting electrodes of like polarity to each other,` openings in the lower part of the frame and in upper parts of the sides of the frame and cooling coilsviii the tank. 1 Y

S. Apparatus for preparing hypochlorite Vsolutions comprising a plurality of parallel electrodes of different polarity, perforated plates between adjacent electrodes of different polarity, a frame having an open top and a fully open bottom and openings in upper parts of the sides` of the frame, said "side openings extending for-the full width of the frame, means carried by the frame to support the electrodes in the frame and a tank in which the frame can be placed.

9. Apparatus for preparing liypochlorite i solutions comprising a plurality of parallel electrodes of different polarity, perforated plates between adjacent electrodes' of difby the frameto support the electrodes in the v frame and bars to make electrical connection with the electrodes from Va supplyV circuitY and astank in whieh the frame` caribe vre-V placed. V f Y Y v Y.

*it witness ywhereof we lhave hereunto set our hands in presence of two witnesses.A

` Davia Mceiiaeoa aceras.

ARTHUR THMAS lllASTRll'lN.

Witnesses :l I y i E 'DWARD C. DEAQON,

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